History
The Clarendon Road Church of Brooklyn, New York, was first known as the Alliance Tabernacle (affiliated with the Christian and Missionary Alliance), was started in the early twenties with an evangelistic tent meeting during the summer of 1922 by a Committee from the Gospel Tabernacle in New York City, now known as the First Alliance Church.
The Christian and Missionary Alliance, was founded by A.B Simpson, who was a Presbyterian minister in 1887. The first members was drawn together by a common love for God, and a zeal for the salvation of the lost. The objective was to spread the Gospel as quickly as possible to every kindred, tribe, and nation of the world.
The origin of the Christian and Missionary Alliance goes back to the summer when a Brooklyn committee from the Gospel Tabernacle in New York erected a massive tent on Eastern Parkway near Bedford Avenue, where the Bosworth Brothers conducted one of the greatest revivals the city of Brooklyn had seen in forty years. Under the anointing of the Holy Spirit, four baptismal services were held with 364 candidates.
In May of 1925, they were able to purchase a church building at 1024 Bergen Street near Rogers Avenue. Incorporated under the laws of the State of New York with the signatures of six Trustees, it was named the Alliance Tabernacle of the Christian and Missionary Alliance. The purchase was made possible by an initial gift of $8,000 by one of God’s stewards deposited years before for the establishment of an Alliance work in Brooklyn. For many years the Bergen Street endeavor was made to reach people of Brooklyn with special evangelical efforts, missionary emphasis and continuing summer tents in various parts of the city; however in July of 1944 the Health Department restrictions made it impossible to continue.
By 1948 conditions in the neighborhood had changed the Church Board consultant with headquarters in seeking the mind of the Lord decided to sell the property and purchase the land on which the present building stands. It was erected at a cost including land of $100,000.00.
Throughout the years Clarendon Road has gone through many transitions, from different pastors to different diverse congregations. However, the Lord has always brought us through it. Several pastors have come and gone and have left different legacies that continues even today. May the Lord rise up this work for a definite purpose, and we sincerely trust it will continue until Jesus comes. Amen.
Pastor lineage:
Pastor Bruce Bliss (Pastor)
(Served Under Pastor Bliss)
George Reitz (Assistant Pastor & Youth Minister)
Mark Searing (Missionary Intern & Youth Minister)
Richard Herring (Youth Minister and missionary Intern)
John Alexander (Youth Minister/Intern)
Pastor John Alexander
Pastor David Jones
Pastor Stephen Manyama
(Served under Pastor Manyama)
Ernest Usher (Youth Minister)
Pastor Robert N. White 1997-2008